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fold
Verb
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If you fold something thin such as paper, you bend it so it touches itself.
A type of art where paper is folded to make different models is called origami.
She folded the letter and put it into the envelope to mail it.
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In poker, if you fold, you stop betting and withdraw.
After three people folded, there were only two people left in the game, betting against each other.
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If you fold on ingredient into another, you stir it gently and carefully with a folding action.
Fold the egg whites into the batter.
fold
Noun
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A fold is a bend or a crease.
There was a fold down the middle of the paper.
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A fold is a small place with a fence around it where people keep sheep.
After the sheep eat grass all day in the fields, they come home to the fold where it's safe for the night.
binary
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adjective
of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base
a binary digit
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adjective
consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms)
a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other
a binary compound
the binary number system has two as its base
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noun
a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system
the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems
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noun
(= binary star)
a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation